I visited this office toward then end of last year. I went as a new patient and upon my first visit I thought, "yes, the office staff is so nice and welcoming" this was rare as the office staff at other locations tended to be the typical office receptionists with terrible attitudes.
I was assigned to Dr. Kopecki and noticed how nervous all of the office staff seemed to be around him and how incredibly short he was with all of them. With me, he just kept conversation to the absolute bare minimum he could get away with but was neither friendly or rude.
That day, he said I had to have 5 fillings as I had the start of cavities. I was surprised because I had never felt any indication of these cavities but trusted him and figured they just weren't bad enough to cause me any discomfort yet and was thankful he caught them.
So I took his recommendation and allowed them to do the fillings upon a second visit.
After that, I couldn't chew on my right side and if I did accidentally I experience a sharp pain. So I went back, he filed the fillings down and said that should do it but I ended up having to go back again for the same reason, still couldn't chew on my right side. He did the same thing. I came back yet again, at which point he decided to remove one of he fillings and do it again. Seemed to fix this issue for a few weeks and then it started again, and yet again I couldn't chew on my right side.
So I go back again today, he says nothing to me, not even hi and immediately dives into my mouth and starts filing away without even looking into my mouth for more than a second or two. Then the spot that hurts when I chew all of a sudden started throbbing when he was done. So he does an X-ray to check the nerve, nerves fine, so he tells me my bite has changed and this is likely happening because I grind my teeth. He never picked up on teeth grinding before and didn't even offer any treatment for his random, sudden problem I now I have and then just said the filing he did should do the trick. Then just walked away, left me with my bib on, the table pushed into my chest and the chair all the way back.
I took that as my cue to go, took the bib off myself, moved the table and then asked if him and his assistant if they needed anything from me after I saw them very quietly speaking, they said no and I was ok to go. I'm almost out the door and they yell toward me "oh by the way, don't eat anything hard for a little while on that side"
Basically : if you want a dentist with an enormous ego, one who won't treat you like a human being deserving of politeness, explanation and instruction --- he is your guy!
So sad I trusted this man to do right by me and my mouth and continued repeatedly to do so even after the first couple times. read more